Library research workshops are available for students upon request from faculty members. In consultation with the
professor, the liaison librarian designs an actively engaging workshop to immerse students in research resources
and prepare students to successfully complete course assignments.

Workshops are created for all course levels, and can feature:

effectively searching the catalog and scholarly databases

evaluating information sources

effective internet searching for scholarship

citing information sources

ethical use of intellectual property

Librarians also collaborate with faculty on digital assignments, such as:

Wikipedia Education Program

Digital storytelling

Online Timelines

and more

To schedule a Library Research Workshop, contact the liaison librarian for your department:

GUIDELINES

Check our catalog before making a request. Sorry - we do not purchase textbooks for the collection.

For an Audio Request, please search our online music collection, DRAM before placing a request for a CD.

For a Video Request, please search our streaming video vendor, Kanopy before placing a request for a DVD or Blu-ray (Learn more about Kanopy here. Faculty are encouraged to stream any content from Kanopy in class or within Canvas. All streaming content comes with public performance rights. Specific titles may be requested if they are not available on the Kanopy site; however, there is no guarantee that every title will be available in streaming format. You can search Kanopy here. See here for more information about public performance rights.

For an E-Resource Request, please keep in mind that journal and database subscriptions represent a substantial ongoing financial commitment on the part of the Library and requests will be reviewed once per semester. Consider whether interlibrary loan might meet your and your students' research needs.

Provide as much information (title, author, etc.) on the form as possible.

The policy for screening media at F&M is a College Policy and can be found here.
This policy should be consulted prior to any decision about showing a film on campus in order to determine whether having public performance rights (PPR) is necessary.
Once the determination has been made that PPR are required, the Library can assist you in two ways:

Identifying films that are part of the Library's collection and carry PPR

Providing assistance in acquiring PPR by making an initial contact.

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Does the Film I want to show have PPR?

There are several ways to find out if a film in our collection is PPR-ready:

From the Library's Homepage, do a title search in the catalog for the film in question. When you find the film you're looking for, select the record and look at the catalog record view as opposed to the item information view, which is the default. There will be a local note somewhere in the record that states "Includes public performance rights (PPR)."

If you are not looking for a specific film but want to find out which films have PPR attached, perform an advanced search in our catalog using "public performance rights ppr" as the word/phrase and selecting "DVD" as the type.

You will get a list of all titles that have PPR noted in the catalog record.

The last two options are useful if you would like to host a public performance of a film, do not have a specific film in mind and want to avoid the extra step and cost of purchasing PPR.

How Can I Acquire PPR?

Obtaining PPR is often not complicated and usually requires only an email or phone call and payment. While the Library does not acquire or pay for PPR that is purchased for a film that is already part of our collection,
we are happy to make the initial contact to put you in touch with the right person.